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How to solve unsaved tabs error with Google Chrome
Is Google Chrome not saving tabs or sessions after a recent update, even after you’ve checked the appropriate box in the settings (“Continue where I left off”)? Try disabling the Google Cloud connector in the advanced settings. It worked for me!
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I accidentally deleted all of my Gmail contacts with my Android phone…
…but this is why I use Gmail instead of, say, Hmail or Ymail. I restored all 1,000+ of my contacts by logging into Gmail on a PC and doing the following: Click Contacts. From the More actions drop-down menu, choose Restore contacts. Choose the time you’d like to revert your contacts list to (e.g. 10 minutes ago, one hour ago, one week ago, etc). We suggest that you also make a note of the time that you restore your contacts, in case you’d like to return to where you started. Click Restore. You’ll see a confirmation at the top of the screen when the rollback is complete. You can perform a restore from up to…
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Easy YouTube Video Embedding for WordPress
If you paste a YouTube link on a line by itself in a WordPress post, WordPress embeds the video automatically. That’s fuckin’ rad.
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YouTube iframe embedding
It seems that the new way of embedding YouTube videos is really slow to render when you have multiple videos on a single page. Offhand, I can’t remember tweaking anything else that would cause this blog to be loading in segments like this. The thing is, I don’t really have time to test it now, so I guess I’ll just refrain from posting so many vids for a while and let the ones below fall off the front page.
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Specifying a starting point in YouTube’s Flash 5 Player
In my previous post, I set an embedded video to start from a determined point partway through. The video was embedded with the new iframe tags (specifying HTML 5 instead of a Flash player, which is usable by a broader range of devices, but hasn’t been fully accepted by big developers like WordPress and ebay due to inherent security concerns). This is the new parameter, which is to be appended to the end of the video link in the embed code: #t=5m55s (above, m equals minutes and s equals seconds) ——————————- So in my previous post, the embed video code looks like this: <iframe title=”YouTube video player” width=”560″ height=”349″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/VLuHMB438gc#t=6m17s” frameborder=”0″…
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Why Android is the best for now
Two words: Google Maps Yes, I know you have it on the iCrap, too, but Google will never make it as good for you. Fact. I’m heading off on a trip to visit some 3rd year students interning in Saraburi, Trat, and Koh Chang for a few days. Leaving at 5AM tomorrow, so I’m starring destinations and saving route info (toll and non-toll, with different ferry options to the island) in Google Maps on my PC. Tomorrow, I’ll be able to access it all from my phone. This is the kind of techno-wienery I’ve been dreaming about since I was 7. Day 1: Maha Sarakham to Saraburi and Trat (city)…
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Official Android Tips & Tricks
The first section is kind of duh, but the app list is nice. Some cool Android tips and tricks @ The Official Google Blog
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A snowball’s chance in hell, but it can’t hurt to try
On this page, you can apply to test drive a Google Chrome notebook. (thx bro)
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Beatboxing Google Translate
I read about this a couple times recently but never actually tried it until now: How to make Google beatbox for you! (hint: click the link in the first comment for best effect)
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The Accidental Motorcycle Thief
The other day, I wanted to go for a quick lunch at the canteen (cafeteria), so I asked one of the students interning for the Japanese course if I could borrow her scooter. She gave me the key and told me where it was parked, along with a description. She said the license plate number was 85, and that it was a 100cc Honda Wave, with a manual transmission, in gray. I found the 100cc manual Honda Wave almost immediately, but noticed that the license plate was actually 58 and that it was blue with gray accents. I chalked it up to the student remembering it wrong, or me hearing it…
